Below
is a listing of Federal Grant Programs for
which municipal, county and state agencies,
as well as nonprofit agencies, might be
eligible. Depending on the grant program,
funding is made available to potential grantees
on either a formula or competitive basis.

JAG funding is authorized
through the federal Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) and is made available to the states to fund
innovative programs to address drug and violent crime issues.
Funding is utilized to support a number of state, county, and
local law enfo cement related programs that are designed to
improve New Jersey’s criminal justice system

The Division of Criminal
Justice develops a statewide criminal justice strategy for the
use of the funds awarded under JAG. Disbursement of funds is
based on the needs assessment conducted each fall by the Section.
The needs assessment is completed utilizing input received from
a wide variety of law enforcement agencies.

BJA also provides funds directly
to local law enforcement agencies under JAG.

In
1998, the federal government announced that States could now
apply for block grants to administer programs designed to combat
underage drinking. Additional money was made available for discretionary
grants for the same purpose.

The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
was designated by the Governor’s Office as the lead agency
to administer this grant program. Since that time, the ABC has
administered a wide variety of sub-grants for programs that
include both public awareness and education efforts, community-based
strategies, and enforcement initiatives.

Efforts include the nationally recognized Cops in Shops program,
Fatal Vision Goggles, a “Dangers of Underage Drinking”
billboard/calendar middle school program, as well as a variety
of programs with the higher education community designed to
combat underage drinking in and around the college campus.

The
Cops-in-Shops Summer & College Initiative program was initiated
by the Attorney General in February 1996. The program is a cooperative
effort between the Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS)
and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), with funds
supplied by HTS. This program allows undercover law enforcement
officers to join forces with local retail establishments to
deter the sale of alcohol to underage individuals and to stop
adults from attempting to purchase alcohol for people under
the legal age. This grant is a noncompetitive grant and the
applicant must meet certain criteria.

The
federal Office for Victims of Crime provides the State Office
of Victim Witness Advocacy (SOVWA) formula allocations under
the VOCA Victim Assistance grant program. These funds are used
by the SOVWA to provide direct services to crime victims. The
Victims of Crime Act enumerates the kinds of services that are
eligible for funding under this grant program. Funds from this
program are awarded to the county offices of Victim Witness
Advocacy in each of the 21 county Prosecutors' offices. Additionally,
the SOVWA also provides direct funding to victim services agencies
through the competitive Notice of Availability of Funds (NOAF)
process.

Title II
Formula Funds provide support to state and local delinquency
prevention and intervention efforts and fund juvenile justice
system improvements. The Title II Program requires that two-thirds
of the formula allocation be made available for local juvenile
justice and delinquency prevention improvement initiatives.
Funds are distributed to community-based organizations or units
of local government through Notice of Availability of Funds
(NOAFs).

Title
V Incentive Funds provide for local delinquency prevention programs.
All of the funds are used for local projects and a match is
provided by the local agency. Notice of Availability of Funds
(NOAF) are issued and application are reviewed and scored. Applicant
units of government must be in compliance with the deinstitutionalization,
separation, jail removal and disproportionate minority confinement
core requirements of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act.

The
main thrust of NCHIP is to demonstrate the Department of Justice's
continuing commitment to building an accurate and useful national
system of criminal records. Since the inception of the program
in FY95, funds received to date have been utilized to integrate
all of the various computerized systems including the State
Police Criminal History Records System (CCH) and the AOC's Criminal,
Municipal and Family Court Systems and the classification systems
utilized by the Department of Corrections. Funding is also being
used to upgrade the Automated Fingerprint Identification System
(AFIS) of the Division of State Police as well as to expand
their live scan fingerprinting initiative. Projects funded by
NCHIP are determined by the CJIS Advisory Committee which is
comprised of representatives from the Department of Law &
Public Safety, with members from the Office of the Attorney
General, the Divisions of State Police and Criminal Justice
and the Juvenile Justice Commission. It also includes representatives
from the Governor’s Office, Administrative Office of the Courts,
Department of Corrections, Office of Information Technology,
Office of Management and Budget, Victims of Crime Compensation
Board, New Jersey County Jail Warden’s Association, State Parole
Board, as well as the State Chief’s of Police Association.

In FY 1996, Department of Justice, Office
of Justice Programs, initiated the Residential Substance Abuse
Treatment for State Prisoners Program. The monies are used to
fund residential substance abuse treatment programs within state
and local correctional facilities in which prisoners are incarcerated
for a period of time sufficient to permit six to twelve months
of treatment.

Funds under this program have been awarded
to the Department of Corrections and the Juvenile Justice Commission
to operate adult and juvenile treatment programs. Funding is
also allocated for local correctional facilities that meet the
criteria defined by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The
purpose of this Program is to save the lives of law enforcement
officers by helping States, units of local government and tribal
governments equip their officers with bulletproof vests.

Funding is provided by the Department of Justice directly to
local agencies. The Program Development and Grants Unit oversees
the funding provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for
State level agencies that submit an application. Federal funds
may be used to pay up to 50 percent of the costs of the purchased
bulletproof vests.

On behalf of the Governor, the Division
of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) is responsible for developing
and implementing the New Jersey Highway Safety Program which
consists of a comprehensive plan to reduce traffic crashes and
deaths and injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom.
The Plan is reviewed by the Attorney General and when approved,
is submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA). When approval is received from NHTSA, the DHTS is responsible
for administering the federal highway traffic safety funds and
processing and administering grants of these moneys to State
agencies and political subdivisions. Funds received initiate
projects in the following areas: alcohol and other drug countermeasures,
police traffic services/speed control, occupant protection,
pedestrian safety, motorcycle safety, youth traffic safety programs,
community traffic safety programs, school bus safety, traffic
records, and roadway safety.

Section 157 grant funds (formula and discretionary)
are used to support projects that are known to be effective
in increasing seat belt use rates. Funding received under this
program is awarded to the State Police and local police departments
for stepped up highway programs to raise the compliance rate
with the seat belt law and child restraint law and further reduce
the incident of motor vehicle occupant injuries and deaths.

Section 405 funds can only be used for
the implementation and enforcement of occupant protection programs.
A portion of the funding received under this program is utilized
to support the Special Traffic Enforcement (STEP) program. STEP
is an occupant restraint enforcement and educational program
that is implemented within local communities. The program involves
the participation of the State Police as well as sixty-four
(64) local police departments who conduct a publicity and enforcement
campaign to increase the rate of compliance with occupant protection
laws. The program will be operational over a twelve month period
and will consist of three waves. Each wave will consist of five
phases: usage surveys (first week), press conference (second
week), public information campaign (third and fourth weeks),
enforcement program (fifth through twelfth week) and a post-survey.

Section 405 funding is also used to provide
child passenger safety technician training on a statewide basis.
By the end of 2000, a total of 275 individuals will have been
trained and certified as Child Passenger Safety Technicians
through funding provided under the Section 405 program.

Funding received under this program can
only be used for the implementation and enforcement of alcohol-impaired
driving prevention programs. Section 410 funds are utilized
for Cops-in-Shops initiatives in/around college towns and shore
resorts, Project Graduation/Prom nights as well as drug evaluation/classification
initiatives.

The
FY06 HSGP integrates the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP),
Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP), Citizen
Corps Program (CCP), Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI),
and the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) programs
into a single application kit.

The
SHSP provides funds for the purchase of specialized equipment
to enhance the capability of state and local agencies to prevent,
respond to, and mitigate incidents of terrorism involving the
use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive
(CBRNE) weapons and cyber attacks; for costs related to the
design, development, and conduct of a state CBRNE and cyber
security training programs and attendance at G&T-sponsored
CBRNE training courses; for costs related to the design, development,
conduct, and evaluation of CBRNE and cyber security exercises.

The Juvenile Justice Commission
(JJC) was designated to be the lead agency to administer this
formula grant program when it was first introduced in FY98.
The JABG program is intended to address the problem of juvenile
crime by promoting greater accountability in the juvenile justice
system. A cash match of 10% is required for all projects, including
funds used for administrative purposes. The JABG program requires
that units of local government receive 75% of the total award,
with the remaining 25% being retained by the JJC. Funds are
provided to local units of government based on a formula developed
by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) that must be expended on seventeen program purpose areas.

The
STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Program provides
the State Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy (SOVWA) a formula
grant allocation under the Violence Against Women Act, authorized
for funding in the 1994 Crime Bill. Federal rules allow 10%
of the total VAWA award to be used to administer the grant program.
The balance of the funding must be allocated as follows: 25%
to law enforcement, 25% to prosecution, 30% to victims services,
15% discretionary and 5% to courts. Pursuant to new federal
regulations, in 2003 the Division of Criminal Justice and SOVWA
formed a statewide VAWA Advisory Committee to develop a Three-Year
Implementation Plan, approved by the Office of Violence Against
Women, to ensure continuation of services, opportunities for
program expansions and introduction of new programs.

Funding received under the EMPG
program is utilized by the Division of State Police for the
salary, fringe benefits, equipment, supplies, and indirect
costs associated with 26 enlisted and civilian OEM staff positions.
Funding also supports OEM staff attendance at a variety of
federally-sponsored conferences and training courses as well
as instructional fees. EMPG funding totaling $1,222,113 is
also subgranted to the 21 county OEM offices and 93 municipal
OEM offices. Pass-through funding provided to county and municipal
OEM offices is used to maintain effective local emergency
management preparedness and response programs. Funding supports
the development, maintenance, and communication of plans,
procedures, and supporting documents.

The Office of Victims of Crime
(OVC) provides the State Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy
(SOVWA) formula allocations under the Victims of Crime Act
(VOCA) Victim Assistance Grant Program. SOVWA awards these
funds to subgrantees who provide direct services to crime
victims. VOCA guidelines allow for up to 5% of each year’s
grant to be used to administer the Program. State grantees
also have the option of retaining up to 1% of each year’s
grant for conducting statewide and/or regional trainings
for victim services staff. VOCA enumerates the types of
direct services eligible for funding under this grant program.
A minimum allocation of 10% must be awarded to subgrantees
providing direct services to crime victims in each of the
four categories: sexual assault, domestic violence, child
abuse, and underserved populations as victims with disabilities,
language barriers, living in isolated locations and homicide
survivors (as determined by the state grantee). This allocation
requirement may be waived if the state grantee can document
to OVC that a category of crime victims is currently receiving
a significant amount of financial assistance from the state
or other funding sources, a smaller amount of financial
assistance or no assistance is needed or crime rates have
diminished for the particular type of crime. VOCA funds
are awarded to each of the 21 County Prosecutors’
Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy, SANE/SART programs and
DCJ programs (NJ VINE, Bias Crimes, Victim Services). SOVWA
also provides direct funding to non-profit victim services
agencies through the competitive Notice of Availability
of Funds (NOAF).